Usually means: Interaction of independent musical lines.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. counterpoint: Merriam-Webster
  2. counterpoint: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. counterpoint: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. counterpoint: Collins English Dictionary
  5. counterpoint: Vocabulary.com
  6. Counterpoint, counterpoint, counterpoint: Wordnik
  7. counterpoint: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. counterpoint: Wiktionary
  9. counterpoint: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. counterpoint: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. counterpoint: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. counterpoint: Dictionary.com
  13. counterpoint: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Counterpoint (In the Nursery album), Counterpoint (Schenker), Counterpoint (TV series), Counterpoint (disambiguation), Counterpoint (horse), Counterpoint (publisher), Counterpoint (radio), Counterpoint (radio programme), Counterpoint: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Counterpoint: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. counterpoint: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. counterpoint: Rhymezone
  18. Counterpoint: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. counterpoint: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. counterpoint: FreeDictionary.org
  21. counterpoint: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. counterpoint: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. counterpoint: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. counterpoint: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. counterpoint: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See counterpointing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (music) A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.
noun:  Any similar contrasting element in a work of art.
noun:  An opposite point.
verb:  (transitive) To compose or arrange such music.
verb:  (transitive) To serve as an opposing point against.
noun:  Obsolete form of counterpane. [The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket; a coverlet, bedspread.]

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